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john's work on the cold war, which included the u.s. archives to put forth the classic account of american foreign-policy and the postwar era, inspired me to. try to do the same with the vietnam war. this was going to be no easysh,d task. books on the warfield library shelf at the library shelf. so how can anyone say anythinget new about an event that has been studied so thoroughly. l what i discovered was that wein actually knew very little about what was happening in hanoi in the enemy's capital.parts, counterparts, especially those in the north, have received shockingly littleh attention. t how is it that wehe could know e much about the american side of the war and so little about the vietnamese side when a it just so happened that i entered graduate school at a time when archives from the former andent present communist world had begun to open their doors.ttempd athn's arm and support, i can tell the story through hanoi's eyes. i wanted to find answers to an questions that had eluded manage people. he was in charge in north vietnam
john's work on the cold war, which included the u.s. archives to put forth the classic account of american foreign-policy and the postwar era, inspired me to. try to do the same with the vietnam war. this was going to be no easysh,d task. books on the warfield library shelf at the library shelf. so how can anyone say anythinget new about an event that has been studied so thoroughly. l what i discovered was that wein actually knew very little about what was happening in hanoi in the enemy's...
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as being sponsored by taxpayers, u.s. money can something that made one day they will be on committee to look at the decision in the u.n. but also it might not be popular here in the u.s. and only to date secretary clinton said a few hours ago that we should not put any red lights to iran. this is a mistake because when you deal with the enemies in the middle east, you don't play according to the rules of washington, d.c., jerusalem, or the and. it's a different language, and if you want to convince someone in iran to stop, the nuclear race, you have to take action. in my book i write it very directly that it's not an afterthought. we need to take action and we have seen that sanctions, not crippling sanctions. i think what happened the last month in the decision that our friend in canada took to close the embassy in tehran. it is a great decision. we should have done it years ago because the people in iran, look at what's happening here in two weeks time, ahmadinejad will become a contiguous. he will go to the u.n., deli
as being sponsored by taxpayers, u.s. money can something that made one day they will be on committee to look at the decision in the u.n. but also it might not be popular here in the u.s. and only to date secretary clinton said a few hours ago that we should not put any red lights to iran. this is a mistake because when you deal with the enemies in the middle east, you don't play according to the rules of washington, d.c., jerusalem, or the and. it's a different language, and if you want to...
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that's how big the u.s. army was. during the civil war, the army expanded to, you know, 3 million people, two and a half million or so in the north, and this meant that the amount of case work that he had to oversee was extraordinary, and he also was given responsibility for pursuing civilians who were engaged in disloyal acts, treasonnist behavior and so on. although, he didn't pursue every case or serve on every case himself, obviously, a lot of court marshalls on the field and so on, it was his responsibility to make sure as much as he could justice was prevailing in the cases and that punishment was meeted out as it should be and people's rights were protected. it is a massive assignment way past the end of the war. he stayed in that position until 1875 so-dramatically expanded position, and he also had the role in that position of making law, so much law about war didn't even exist because this was a war of the likes which the united states had never seen. to many, many policies around how the war should be condu
that's how big the u.s. army was. during the civil war, the army expanded to, you know, 3 million people, two and a half million or so in the north, and this meant that the amount of case work that he had to oversee was extraordinary, and he also was given responsibility for pursuing civilians who were engaged in disloyal acts, treasonnist behavior and so on. although, he didn't pursue every case or serve on every case himself, obviously, a lot of court marshalls on the field and so on, it was...
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and if the u.s. would decide to sit idly by and watch and to pray in order to take action, israel will have to do it by itself. it will not be easy. it will be harder. to deal with retaliation not only from iran. they will be nation's flying in from iran, from lebanon, hezbollah will join. hamas in gaza will send hundreds of missiles. but if we have to choose today between the option of allowing iran to become nuclear, to the option of fighting ourselves, i think the is a clear message what we will do. and the question is if will do with the u.s. or without the u.s., we are asking today. one of the main points of my book, i know many people here are involved with the middle east is the issue of two-state solution. for the last 20 years we hear about two-state solution. you must finish the conflict, the resolution will be a palestinian state. and president obama adopted this approach and she's calling upon us, the israelis to build a palestinian state and go back to 1967 lines. and in my book, a new p
and if the u.s. would decide to sit idly by and watch and to pray in order to take action, israel will have to do it by itself. it will not be easy. it will be harder. to deal with retaliation not only from iran. they will be nation's flying in from iran, from lebanon, hezbollah will join. hamas in gaza will send hundreds of missiles. but if we have to choose today between the option of allowing iran to become nuclear, to the option of fighting ourselves, i think the is a clear message what we...
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the u.s. supreme court ruled in 1896 that social contact between blacks and whites was so distasteful a proposition and apparently that separate but equal accommodations for blacks and whites were perfectly legal. amounted not only to a violation of social taboos, but also to a violation of intellectual propriety itself. for many decades frederick douglas seems to be the only black person deemed worthy of a substantial biography. that is one published by an established house. this aeration persisted well beyond the segregation decision of 1954 and the turmoil of the civil rights movement. finally according to mike a commission, in 1972 in a story published the first of his two volumes on booker t. washington that would win him a pulitzer prize. the violence involving black writers began to break. in 1973, a biography of a novelist. followed by a biography in 1977 of a novelist by the american scholar hemingway. and then 86 in 1988 came might to volumes on hughes. aided by a voluminous archive
the u.s. supreme court ruled in 1896 that social contact between blacks and whites was so distasteful a proposition and apparently that separate but equal accommodations for blacks and whites were perfectly legal. amounted not only to a violation of social taboos, but also to a violation of intellectual propriety itself. for many decades frederick douglas seems to be the only black person deemed worthy of a substantial biography. that is one published by an established house. this aeration...
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the u.s. supreme court ruled in 1886 social contract was so to distasteful in proposition that separate but equal accommodation for blacks and whites were perfectly legal. ther raff jim crow was made legal. with such attitudes nationally held, a biography of a black man or woman amounted not only to a kind of violence of social taboo but perhaps to a violence of intellectual proprity itself. for many decades freeing red douglas seemed to be the only black american seemed worthy of is a substantial biography. one published by an established house. it persists well beyond the december segregation and the tear mile of the self rights movement. finally according to the record in 1972 lewis published the first of the two volumes on booker t. washington that would win him a few prizes. the silence enceil lopping black writers began to break. it in 1973 became the biography of richard writhe by the frenchman. followed by a biography in 1977 by the american scholar. and in '86 and 1988 came my two vol
the u.s. supreme court ruled in 1886 social contract was so to distasteful in proposition that separate but equal accommodation for blacks and whites were perfectly legal. ther raff jim crow was made legal. with such attitudes nationally held, a biography of a black man or woman amounted not only to a kind of violence of social taboo but perhaps to a violence of intellectual proprity itself. for many decades freeing red douglas seemed to be the only black american seemed worthy of is a...
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that happened when a u.s. president discovered the italian-american vote. >> columbus day started in 1937 as recently as that by president roosevelt. largely as a political move for a federal holiday. he wanted to incorporate the italian-american vote in the democratic party. >> reporter: but even a day off and spectacular discounts can't quiet storm that from the beginning has clouded columbus' legacy. >> columbus was always controversial not just political correctness or something that started in the 1970s. this goes back to his voyages and the brutality was the main reason. stories of the way he treated the indians, the fact that he penned them up or killed them got back to spain. even ferdinand and isabel a who were not known as apostle of humanitarianism were appalled. >> reporter: when the taino indians of byes pan yoal a realized that columbus' men were staying they saw no way out. >> they felt that their homelands and their women were being taken away by columbus' men and that columbus' men were steali
that happened when a u.s. president discovered the italian-american vote. >> columbus day started in 1937 as recently as that by president roosevelt. largely as a political move for a federal holiday. he wanted to incorporate the italian-american vote in the democratic party. >> reporter: but even a day off and spectacular discounts can't quiet storm that from the beginning has clouded columbus' legacy. >> columbus was always controversial not just political correctness or...
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the u.s. and others who support the end of the regime, but on the second part, i think it is really not right and ac drit say that most of the rebels are al qaeda. in fact most of the forces are people, mostly suni who object to this minority reg theme has been engaged in this brutal repression in a rule over its whole period of governance. it has shown it has shown once again as assad's father did, now there are foreign fighters there are so-called jihadis that are coming to the country from rareas areas in the midst of the turmoil but by and large, and i was there a couple of week ago, i met with rep seb tis of and they are all vowing that it is, it is prop gan gada from the syrian government to suggest these are all al qaeda fighters and not in fact completely demoralized and, and now turning to violent citizens of the syrian, the republic. margaret is in kansas on democrat's line. hi, margaret. >> caller: good morning. i have been watching this with extreme unbelievable upsetness. it gets
the u.s. and others who support the end of the regime, but on the second part, i think it is really not right and ac drit say that most of the rebels are al qaeda. in fact most of the forces are people, mostly suni who object to this minority reg theme has been engaged in this brutal repression in a rule over its whole period of governance. it has shown it has shown once again as assad's father did, now there are foreign fighters there are so-called jihadis that are coming to the country from...